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Scheer's Winnipeg stop in midst of storm recovery efforts raises frustrations
WINNIPEG - First Nations residents forced to evacuate their Manitoba homes after a recent snowstorm expressed frustration Monday that Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer was campaigning in the area inst...
Oct 16, 2019
New head of Red Deer RCMP Downtown Unit confident they're making a difference
The new head of the Red Deer RCMP Downtown Unit is confident that the work they've been doing since launching a year ago is making a difference. Cpl. Dwayne Hanusich came to Red Deer with his family s...
Oct 16, 2019 Cpl. Dwayne Hanusich is the head of the Red Deer RCMP Downtown Unit. (rdnewsNOW/Troy Gillard)
NHL Notebook: Youngsters interested in CBA, Ottawa attendance, desperate Devils
Matt Duchene remembers feeling like he was in way over his head. Having just completed his third NHL season and not yet 22 years old, Duchene could see the ominous labour clouds as the league and its ...
Oct 16, 2019
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh trying to capitalize on newfound momentum
VANCOUVER - Jagmeet Singh likes to dance. The NDP leader often breaks into a groove if the mood strikes and there's music playing, both in public and when he criss-crosses the country by bus or p...
Oct 16, 2019
British family decries treatment by U.S. after border crossing near Vancouver
Seven members of an extended British family who made an unauthorized crossing into the United States from British Columbia are being held in federal custody at a Pennsylvania detention centr...
Oct 16, 2019
Sutter Health, California settle massive antitrust case
SAN FRANCISCO - One of California's largest hospital systems has reached an agreement to settle a massive class-action lawsuit over allegations that it abused its market power and has been overchargin...
Oct 16, 2019
Mounties respond to incident at Collicutt Centre
City Mounties responded to another incident at the Collicutt Centre on Wednesday. Police were called during the noon hour after Red Deer RCMP Cpl. Karyn Kay says threats were made by one person toward...
Oct 16, 2019 (rdnewsNOW/Sheldon Spackman)
Green Leader Elizabeth May predicts minority government, warns against majority
VICTORIA - Green Leader Elizabeth May says it appears Canadians are about to elect a minority government. She says minority Parliaments ensure co-operation between parties and the Greens can play lead...
Oct 16, 2019
New Brunswick premier critical of Trudeau comments on abortion services
FREDERICTON - The premier of New Brunswick says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is playing politics with the issue of abortion services in the province. The comments from Blaine Higgs come a day after&n...
Oct 16, 2019
Stalock perfect in net as Wild shut out Senators for first win of season
OTTAWA - The Minnesota Wild stuck to their defensive plan Monday and it paid off to give them their first win of the season. Alex Stalock stopped all 26 shots he faced for his sixth career shutout, an...
Oct 16, 2019